More by Andreas Efler

Andreas Efler The test program offers the opportunity to check the trainee’s ability to find solutions and avoid kisses. Similar positions can be found in all three already released volumes of “Ducking Kisses in Three Cushion”. I want to encourage the reader to approach some problems open-minded in a creative and exploring way.
In the first part of this chapter a position is depicted where only the three balls with the coordinates are given. In order to guarantee a precise positioning of the balls, I also depicted aid lines (dotted) which run from B 1 through B 2 and the according reference point on the rail. After marking the position exactly on the cloth, you can start to look for a solution.
In the second part my preferred solution is presented. However, the reader should also here stay open-minded and should consider other solutions and strategies and try them out.
In most of the solutions you will find a hint about in which chapter of which volume the respective strategy to avoid a kiss is discussed. If you have downloaded all three volumes you can get to this chapter by clicking on the shown link.
After analyzing a problem in very detail you can start to slightly alter the position and move one or another ball for a few centimeters. Then the challenge is to find out up to which point the strategy that you just worked out is reasonable and possible.
Three-cushion billiards is a very complex sport which makes it especially important that the process of learning is as dynamic and creative as possible.

Andreas Efler Calculation systems in three cushion billiard can be very helpful for many patterns. Beside a consistent technique it is a prerequisite to study them consistently and thoroughly. Therefore I selected six systems for the ebook “Systems in Three Cushion Billiards” like the classic systems “Conti”, “Plus” and the “Japanese System” and I explained each single calculation step in all details supported by videos, 3D-animations and diagrams. Also the topics “Adaption to Different Tables” and “Problematic Zones” are dealt with in detail.
“Conti-specialists” will realize that the Conti-system in my book differs a bit from the original, namely the numbering of the third rail.
This variation which I learned years ago in Germany is to my mind even more precise and my game has profited a lot from it. I want to invite also confirmed “Conti-Fans” to try it out.

Andreas Efler "Big Points in Three Cushion" is a collection of three cushion solutions for tricky positions, divided into the different dessins. The solutions are explained in detail, using diagrams and symbols. 197 videos from two different perspectives are supposed to translate the theory into pictures. 84 interactive 3-D-models of the billiard table make it possible to view the positions from different angles.
It is not a book for beginners, but meant for three cushion players who have already learned a solid technique, who are familiar with easy positions and want to know more about the possibilities to solve difficult positions in a useful way.
Long-Short-Long and Short-Long-Short
Double Around
Short-Long-Long
Long-Long-Short
Long-Short-Short
Double-the-Rail Shots
Cross-Table Shots
One-Rail-First Shots
Two-Rail-First Shots
Three-Rail-First Shots
Back-to-the-Rail Shots
Time-Shots
Kiss-Back Shots
Massé-Shots
Short-Long-Long
Other Solutions

Andreas Efler Volume 1: Around Solutions

This book is a collection of all the obvious as well as hidden dangers of kisses and how to solve them. Andreas Efler has grouped the patterns in order to structure an almost endless topic.

Any strategy to avoid kisses is mostly about the decision of which of the two balls should pass the danger zone first when the paths of B 1 and B 2 cross. Only when you follow a plan consistently and also carry it out with the same consistency, will you gain a feeling over the years for correct “crossings”, so that an automatic process develops which enables the player to find the correct strategy within fractions of seconds. If B 2 is in danger of kissing B 3 it is mainly about controlling B 2’s path. If the ambitious player does not develop an awareness for the proportion of the velocities of B 1 and B 2 and their respective paths, avoiding kisses will always, like Russian roulette, be a gamble.

Andreas Efler The basics training program is not only a useful guide for beginners into the fascinating world of carom billiards but also advanced players can improve and control their technique. The effects are systematically tought - separately as well as in combination - by means of exercises. A collection of training games guarantees lots of fun. The results of the exercises can be recorded and saved in a special database. This makes it easy for you to measure your progress!

Andreas Efler Volume 2: Double Around Solutions
This book is a collection of all the obvious as well as hidden dangers of kisses and how to solve them. Andreas Efler has grouped the patterns in order to structure an almost endless topic.
Any strategy to avoid kisses is mostly about the decision of which of the two balls should pass the danger zone first when the paths of B 1 and B 2 cross. Only when you follow a plan consistently and also carry it out with the same consistency, will you gain a feeling over the years for correct “crossings”, so that an automatic process develops which enables the player to find the correct strategy within fractions of seconds. If B 2 is in danger of kissing B 3 it is mainly about controlling B 2’s path. If the ambitious player does not develop an awareness for the proportion of the velocities of B 1 and B 2 and their respective paths, avoiding kisses will always, like Russian roulette, be a gamble.

Andreas Efler Volume 3: 1. Short-Long-Long - Double-the-Rail Shots - Long-Long-Short - Perfect Control of B 2 - B 2 Frozen to the Rail - A Motley CollectionThis book is a collection of all the obvious as well as hidden dangers of kisses and how to solve them. Andreas Efler has grouped the patterns in order to structure an almost endless topic.Any strategy to avoid kisses is mostly about the decision of which of the two balls should pass the danger zone first when the paths of B 1 and B 2 cross. Only when you follow a plan consistently and also carry it out with the same consistency, will you gain a feeling over the years for correct “crossings”, so that an automatic process develops which enables the player to find the correct strategy within fractions of seconds. If B 2 is in danger of kissing B 3 it is mainly about controlling B 2’s path. If the ambitious player does not develop an awareness for the proportion of the velocities of B 1 and B 2 and their respective paths, avoiding kisses will always, like Russian roulette, be a gamble.

Andreas Efler Carombooks presents the first billiard book which is not a training material but shows our sport from a different perspective, by means of spectacular high speed and infrared sequences. Simply lean back and enjoy!
2004 published as DVD and now available on your iPad as ebook with 40 additional sequences, 8 picture galleries and explanatory texts.
Our fascinating billiards sport has many facets, or better dimensions which all reveal their own beauty. Seen through a philosopher’s eye billiards is a wonderful school of life where we learn to understand the devastating force of expectations, to handle defeats or simply to feel joy, play in the state of “flow”. To experience all this can also bring us forward in daily life. But billiards requires also fine motor skills where different parts of your body work together and reach a precision to the fraction of a millimeter.
This ebook reveals another beauty which is normally hidden from the viewer, since our senses are not made for it. The idea of our work was to show the universe of the moment, from which a symbiosis of player, cue and ball emerges. Within the two milliseconds where the leather of the cue touches the cue ball, the complete information for one stroke is applied by the player, where the cue ball rotates on its horizontal and vertical axis and should touch two other balls with at least three cushions. Mens agitate molem! – The mind moves matter! (Vergil, Aeneis 6, 727).
For our project we used a high speed camera which can take up to 16000 pictures per second and also an infrared camera as it is also used for industrial needs. Additionally, we used a mini camera, standard cameras, spotlights and the usual computer equipment.
We wish the viewer a lot of fun with our fascinating images from another dimension.